Media scandal: Footage taken from the mobile of a dead Syrian government soldier shows pro-Syrian government reporter Shadi Helwe directing a 'news report' somewhere in Aleppo countryside asking a Hezbollah fighter to speak in a Syrian dialect so as to come across as Syrian; rather than foreign.

"The delegation of the Syrian people is only formed by the representatives of the Syrian people." Syrian (Opposition) High Negotiations Committee statement responds to De Mistura saying he will choose the representatives of the Syrian opposition if the Syrian opposition does not come as a unified group come the next Syrian peace talks around or on the 20th of February, Syria.

The filmmakers behind the Oscar-nominated short documentary “The White Helmets” say that President Trump’s executive order banning entry from citizens of Syria and six other Muslim-majority countries will prevent the subjects of their movie namely Raed Saleh, the leader of the White Helmets, and Khaled Khateeb the cinematographer from attending the Academy Awards.